OPUNAKE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) The tennis club ball on Wednesday evening was well attended. The hall was neatly decorated. The supper table centre was set out with a miniature tennis lawn. The music for the dances was Supplied by Messrs. Parker (piano), J. Humphries (cornet), and H. Norris (violin). Messrs. F. Loesch and W. Groves were M.C.’s. The Rev. E. S. Harkness left Opunake on Friday morning to temporarily take up the duties of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, New Zealand secretary of the Methodist Foreign Missionary. The latter gentleman, owing to sickness, has been unable to fulfil the itinerary. Mr. Harkness is a good platform speaker, and has spent some ten years in the mission field in the South Pacific.
There are five patients in the local hospital. The general opinion here is if the management of our hospital is left to the executive officials of the New Plymouth hospital and Opunake committee everything will be all right The officials have only one desire, and that is to do the best they can for the sake of afflicted humanity. The local ladies have held street mart sales .to raise funds for a fence around the building. So far they have done well, close on £7O having been raised. The Opunake Bowling Club finished up their financial vear with a credit balance, of £l5. Mr. N. Andrews is the president for the ensuing rear, and Mr. ,T. Harrigan secretary. The club has set out to erect a new pavilion. The town hoard election will take place on September 13. So far no interest is shown. Now that the board has put the hydro-electric scheme under a power board local affairs should receive greater consideration. The board is to he complimented upon getting the electric scheme into working order. There is a very optimistic feeling that the railway will be pushed on to Opunake within a. short time.
Opunake folk have four fishing boats out regularly. The catch as a rule is poor. The crayfish season has com menced. A few dozen “flappers” have been hauled out of the sea. In a few weeks’ time they should be in good supply. The furniture for the local hospita has arrived, and been put in.
Mr. A. E. Parkes, who promoted and successfully worked up the Parkes Motor Carrving Company, the largest firm of its kind in Taranaki, has now left Opunake and made Marton his headquarters. During his residence here he did a lot to push the town forward, having built a garage, two private dwellings, and made Opunake the headquarters of the motor carrying company. Mr. Parkes has now promoted a. similar carrying firm at Marton, having three motor lorries in daily commission. Tt is reported the Opunake Carrving Company intend to increase the number of their lorries. Mr. Archie ■McDonald is the Opunake manager, vice Mr. A. E. Parkes.
The amount of separated cream that is lifted from farms by proprietary companies from under the nose of cooperative concerns is surprising. On the Eltham road alone the produce from over 600 cows is sent to the Eltham rliaway station. From Manaia and Hawera district the amount is greater still. On the north side of Opunake there is also a good manv cans of cream taken by motor lorry to New Plymouth.
The “Maid of the Mountains” opera company had a big house at the New Theatre on Monday evening.
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